Aggie football team closes season by getting drubbed at Texas State

A dreadful New Mexico State Aggie football season ended in such fashion on Saturday, a 66-28 loss at Texas State.

The Aggies finished their campaign with a 1-11 record while Texas State - a school located in San Marcos, Texas and in its first year on the FBS level - concluded its year 4-8.

"It's been a long year," said NMSU head coach DeWayne Walker, who concludes his fourth season at the school.

The contest started as a shootout, with each team exchanging touchdowns and the Aggies taking a 21-14 lead after the opening quarter.

Texas State tied it at 21-21 before the floodgates opened. The Bobcats would score consecutive touchdowns on sack-fumbles recorded on Aggie quarterback Andrew Manley - defensive scores - and later in the half would get a 79-yard punt return touchdown from Craig Mager to go ahead 49-21.

NMSU would score a late second-quarter touchdown - Manley to Kemonte Bateman from 30-yards out - yet would get shut out in the second half as the Bobcats piled up 66 points total.

Texas State had 528 yards of total offense, with a whopping 446 coming on the ground. NMSU gained 419 yards total, while committing four turnovers.

It's been a very trying season for the Aggie football program, hoping to challenge for bowl contention only to win their first game and lose every one since with many coming in blowout fashion.

"I got a lot of thinking to do," Walker said, adding he would take a short period of time off following the season to collect his thoughts. "A lot of stuff to think about. The coaches get on the road to recruit Tuesday.

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